55 MARINES AND 81
BLUEJACKETS IN CITY
WITH 13 PIECE BAND
Lieutenant Coovert Brings
' ' Oregon Men From Bremer
ton for Rose Festival,
CIVILIANS GIVE GREETING
XCea Karen Txom Union Station to
Oregon Mote, Wk They Will
afaa Their Kaaoauarters.
"Sguada right, march compane-e-e
hult!" and 55 marines, 81 bluejackets
and 13 bandsmen, Lieutenant Lynn B.
Coovert commanding, wheeled into line
. on Parfc "treat near Alder and cap to
position.
After leaving guns and knapsacks In
, room In the rear of tha Oregon hotel,
r the men again came to position, re
serving instructions to report at 8:45
In the morning, and then a yell, a pat
tering of feet and bobbing of white
caps and 81 bluejackets disappeared.
";T!P of them were seen mysteriously
' to appear x a machine standing near,
and after a flutter of feminine arms
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PATRIOTIC PARADE TO
BE FEATURE THURSDAY
OF FESTIVAL PROGRAM
movement at this time, decided to glTa
the parade ene of the most prominent
placeg in the celebration.
Ooomcll Seclaree Half Xaliday
The clijr council has declared a half
holiday during the afternoon and at
Mayor Albce's request, many bueineee
houses - will close to give their em
ployes opportunity to . participate and
view the pageant.
The parade begins at 2 o'clock from
Fourteen and Yamhill streets. Ad
jutant General Qeorge A. White will
be marshal of the day, and J. O. Wll-
UOUnCll HaS Declared HalfiThe committee handling the parade
ii it i ii rij ; consists or cnaries Mcuonneu,
nouaay ana many oiores
Will Be Closed.
PARADE STARTS 2 O'CLOCK
PatrletUn Will Be Keynote of Tee.
tiTltlee, VMok Win Open Wlta
oomi4r off BnnTlee Ou.
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ratneUe hnti . so. Tanreday i
rrtl wWcJt is In charge of lieutenant lynn B. Coovert. consist of 65 marines, 13 bandsmen and 81 blpejacketa.
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CROWNING OF OUEEN
ANP REGATTA MAIN
EVENTS OF AFTERNOON
Georca W. McMath. festival di
they drove the machine away. A few h"0.. Is be i in i charge.
moments later the marine, did the lnr2umon hali; Fourteenth and
wune, ana mo eircei was cmvvjr i tjurtigjaa streets.
everytbing put amaseq civuians.
Portland Boys in party
They arrived from Bremerton Tues
day afternoon at 4:15 o'clock and
marched from, there straight tp the
Oregon hotel, where they are making
their headquarters.
, "We're here." said Lieutenant Coov
art. "to do everything we can do help Events ef this afternoon at Multno
out we'll be glad to have you tell us I man rieia ana on tne rver wnere me
anything you want us for." regatta was neia were:
Many of the boys are from Portland 2 t. m. Crownlne of Queen Nina.
and they are taking the others to their spectacular pageant Grand entry, led
. .tan h4tA in hA Mtv ThaviDv wovai uosarians. uovernor viiny-
nreaent In' anDearance somewhat combe and staff, board of governors
present an appearance somewnat Official
enangea rrom mat oi a iew roonmi crpwnine of tho fair cjueen hy Presl
ago. They all look tall, and they are aent EX Larimore. assisted by iai6
straight and march with the full dig- I Ruth Plummer, Goddess T( Roses, and
riity of the nation they are going to I L,uciie uanrortn. ooqqess or t-eace.
- , " citv. Mrs. Li j. r TunKei. t esiivai
tramp with a heat that makea one I r.ntor m charee. Mavcole drill.
want to be in time with them. I children. Miss Mary Brownlee. di
rni..... ! I rector: human f iae drill. eo children.
mcjr iwu ii vm "" I T.lhartv girls' lrill. ZOQ valine ad es
depot up snxm street, tne civilians Professor R Krohn. director; opera,
lined up hastily and clapped lor tnem, i "Oberpn," fo gra: auno arui. tu
u th tnn nreserved their unbend- small boys, Portland Social Turn
command "Wsmlssed . Not many XrkrvSBc re.
persons knew of their coming, and foUr Jn team, 105 yards; lmita-
oniy a few friends were out specially tive drill aboard yacht. 150 Y. M, G. A.
to eee them. They marched incon- Doys, h(arry omitn. airector, paei
BDlcuouslv hy fours and to the beat corps of 225 Lincoln high school girls'
T . ,7.7 Z o .t drill. Francis Hanrahan. reyal dancer
Vi v. w xv, t .y,. ,ni rtnnra "Tha Portland
who were there felt their bioad rlBing trAii,' hall chamnlon-hio
and their chests expanding- with the j games, business men of Seattle, Ho-
knowledge that, taese were mostly i qui am Astona. t,a uranap ana rurt-
"made in Oregon." and that they had land. I. J. cunnmgnam, airecior. mi
doe well in the short time in which Scaling contest
they, had been PKParlns; to help Old r(re: exhibition 4rUl and Jumping
Glory stand for liberty, not only ln I contest. Portland. Hunt club. . M.
tne nome or tne iree, out an otw uie i oriiiey, restivar airgcvwr, .m "'"'fd
committee, in ait mcubi, m
menthai O. S. Botsford, chapman; J.
t T. Atymr Te.o(i HwAtt.
BIG CROWDS TAKE F'
PART IN" OPENING S'te &?nlafiti
DAY OF FESTIVAL ocklngoarhelL half-
mile handicap; ou vara awim iu'
ELKS LODGE TO HAVE
CHARGE OF FLAG DAY
EXERCISES
THURSDAY
Ceremonies at Multnomah
Field Will Follow Floral
Parade Earlier,
world.
OoDtbiod Ftom Pes One.)
I women.
z:i6 uruise nanaicap.
ft CVM.riarail shall', furv dlVln?
tag; 8000 boys an 1rl. was charae- for men;
teriaed as the noot successful event 16-foot speed motorbot.
Of similar past affairs. Ld by the :10 Two oared shell; JOO-yard
battalion of marines and bluejacKets w j r r.
ot the Oregon Naval MUltia stationea JrJlbSard ridlnsl fancy dlv-
at Bremerton, the parade took on an , r WonVen.
inspiring air of patriotism and its 4:jjo single, double and four-paddje
progress throufh the humanity banked canoe races.
line of march was the occasion or an 4:zu rTee-ior-aii syceu. wau, -
' ' - -- . 7 I AM UTHiey. irestivai, uiretiut, m
o'clock tonight thousands of onlookers I cnafre Committee, .George Kendall.
W SLana eiptciani. i mat niuiiicin i chairman: L. m. Jiyers, Arinur Alien.
President Wilson, seated In the White I John Cody.
House, will finger a telegraph key; as! Queen Nina was escorted in state to
the hour strikes he will press the key, her inaugural. She was mt at the
and within the Court of Patriotism in j royal suite In the Hotel Portland at
f estival uenier tne repnea or m j:J0 and then taken to MUltnoman
In commemoration of Flas day, the
Portland lodge of Elks will take charge
pf the ceremonies at Multnomah field
Thursday afternoon at i o'clock. Paul
Chamoerlln, exalted ruler, will be the
chairman of the day. June 14 is a day
of ceremonies for the Elks, ana Thurs
day they will combine their festivities
with those of the celebration of the
national Flag day. They will take part
in the lloral parade earl lor in the
afternoon and march from that direct
ly to Multnomah field.
The Elks' band, led by Eugene Cioffl
will tart a prominent part, giving
several selections during the program
They wMi open with "The Star Span
gled B inner," and close with the exit
march, American Republic "
Memberj of the Elks who will play
a prominent part in the ceremonies
will be Frank J. Lonergan, chaplain
of lodge Ho. 142; J. E. Werlein, Judge
R. G. Moirow. A. E. Clark and other
officers and members of the lodge in a
body. They will be assisted by the
Q. A. R veterans, who will help in
raising the flas. T. M. MiDevitt, a
prominent member of the Elks an 4
past department commander of the
O. A. R., will take charge of the O. A
R. exercises.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend the ceremonies. The complete
program follows:
"The Star Spangled Banner," Port
land Elki band; prayer, Frank J. Libn-
crgan. cnapiain, rortiand lodire; selec
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History of
member Port
fin nirft R - H Afflpar r f Pnpflonil 1 tw a.
song "Aula Lang Syne," oiflcers and
members; "Elks' Tribute to the Flag,"
jyuge ii. u. moftow, memDer fertiana
lodge; Bfelectlon, 'Orand American "Fan-?
tasla." oy the band; patriotic address.
E. Clr-ik. member Portland Iod?e:
song. "America," off ioers. members and
auaiencs; exit marcn.
public," by the band. .
Guard of Tendleton competed with the
Milton-Freewter Honor Guard for the
prizes offered by the management.
Ulauae still headed the G. A. R. vet
erans. Then came the Commercial
club, city council and social and civic
organisations, followed by the Red
Cross members and the Girls' Honor
Guard.
In tho afternoon the address of wel
come was riven by Mayor Jlobbs.
'AmertoV and "The Star Spangled
Banner'' were sung by a chorus of
200, led by Rev. Floyd Ross There
was a flag drill by 1C .girls. The
speaker was Rev. 3. B. Snyder of Pendleton.
The afternoon program was brought
to a clos by the chorus s'nging the
national rnthems of Great Britain.
France and America, and the unfurling
of the flag of each nation.
Miss Ulce Butler of Pendlttoa. rave
a food talk during the afternoon.
Man Shocked by
High Voltage Better
William B. Jett, who was injured at
the Knott street sub-station of the
Portland, Railway Light $ Power Co,
late Tuesday night when 10,000 volts
of electricity shot through his body, is
greatly Improved this morning and
will recover.
Mr. Jett, who is employed as a con
struction foreman for the railway
company, was testing a transformer
when the accident happened. The ma
chinery had Just been Installed and he
was repairing a switch, using a long
pole when he came ln contact with the
wires. Witnesses could not explain
the accident other than that they sar
a flash of light and Jett fell te the
floor unconscious. He was taken to
Good Samaritan hospital and attended
by Dr. A. E. Rockey. Jett lives at
1227 Belmont street.
statue of Liberty will be unveiled.
-Portland's eleventh annual Rose Festi
val will be orrictaiiy inaugurated.
field with the following attendants;
Rosarian band, Rosarlans in unl
form, Governor Wlthycombe and party,
Intensely patriotic will be the open- I n ' tp,,' , -i.i, nrii.i-'
tonight. In the addresses the Honor-
I visitors in autos, McElroy's bandV Llb-
; ki . w-1 1 .V M.m.r, , v erty Girls, human flag; Nation! em-
akle Wallace McCamant will be the I Z,' T j m.nn . t.
ZZi VTJT?r wul-i 0(1 blem. Ladd school; rainbow girls. Jef-
Vitno inH imTiM piiBmniftn n 1 f erson high; Lincoln high school girl
France and America, Champions of I ! n, 5
T kir Mn. ilk.. . I auon, iv umiieio i, iuihsibui,
Wserty. Mayor Albee will speak v r- x Hut.m.nt vnii.vhoi
Intf.nt " anA T? ... T- I " " .
upon "Patriotism," and the Rev. Dr.
John H, Boyd will talk upon the "Red
Cross." During the oen air exercises
tudUncVwlu MiDg th natlonal GRAND AVENUE TURNED
Early this morning the court -t
Patriotism and Festival Center be
came a magnet cf attraction and
throughout the first hours there wad
an incessant stream of wayfarers in
tha flower-decked blocks of the Fes-
, ttval center.
At Festival Canter
: 1:30 p. m. Lowering of the flag.
firing of the sunset gun by Oregon
field artillery detachment, battery A
unauiy t festival uenter.
j:u p, m.. at festival Center Pa
teams and Portland Hunt club.
INTO A FAIRYLAND BY
PARADE OF CHILDREN
(Continued From Ps On.)
ity. Coincident the city's possession
was passed to her little majesty in
the symbolic presentation of the gold
en key t th city's gats.
. At a o'clock the royal ceremonies
were bsgyn. Tlie affairs of state were
preeedei with a kaleidoscopic picture
rormeu py nundres or childrep in
drills, -nader the direction qf Profes
sor Robert Krehn.
SurroJnfied' by her princesses and
Httje ladies in waitinf and with King
mac as rer consort, yueen Nina was
crowned by President Larimoie of th
Rose Festival association.
House Was Clean
But Too Hot for
Mr. Scales' Chicks
turned the air into a swirling breese of
the natlonal colors.
Colorful Pictures faiQiaafA
Spectators, however, had little time
for analysing the element of the pa
triotlc airs. Campbell's American band; rade. it was a succession of fasclnat
unveiling statute of Goddeia of Lib-1 ing colorful pictures, each held up to
amani: -jattie Hymn of tl
lie." sung by audience, led
rinse wnipp; aaaress "al
Miyor H Tl AlbeA: ralnlna nt
rty'by President Woodrow Wilson.
nwnmKion, u. u.: "Maraeiuase," bar
itone, solo. Hartrldge Whlpp: Introduc
tion. PrMlliant V! m l lrlmnr.. n
dress. "France and' America Champions
of Liberty Honorable Wallace Me
tis Repub
by Hart
riotism.
r. utnmore; star Kjiangled
Banner," sung by audience, led by
- Hartrldge WhlDD: Snlrit of Liihrtv
fSj?2- 5f-ja Hantahanj address.
' H? Boyd! C0S,, l,y th B?v- Joln
- From 8 a m. to 1Q p. nv. A band
, concert will be given in the Festival
Center by McElroy's band. A military
drill . will also be given here during
these hours.
At 8.26 p m. The patrlotio hall
, for the benefit of the Fruit and Flower
, Mission Day Nursery will be held at
the Oaks rink, under the auspices ef
- the. Rose Festival i association and pa
tronesses appointed by organizations
-. forming the Rose" Festival auxiliary.
FOR CQFFEE DRINKERS
in a C
Instant Possum
the eye for a passing minute and then
to Plena into tne succeeding scene.
Little tats, nimble footed and grace
ful, danced gleefully through the
mae of a May day frolic Each one
was costumed and the designer's art
with the tints of the painter's palette
had been made lavish use of in the
creation of what hav become decreed
as the prettiest of all Portland's Rose
Carnival parades.
The parade was formed, of course,
of the school children and became, in
its portrayal, a tribute to faithfulness
and aptitude on the part of the boys
and- girls In their drills, dances and
marchings, as wait as to tha painstak
ing care of their instructors. The
cheers that greeted the passing pa
rade made manifest the appreciation
of tn.e carnival guests.
Vara) Xere Cheered
One of ths Stirring and inspiring
reatures or tae parade was the apnear
ance of the men of the Oregon naval
reserve, jackies and. marines, and now
ln service at Bremerton. The battalion
was returned to Portland for the our
pose of the Rase Festival and took
us piace or noqor in leading the pa
rade this forenoon.
Ths most interested spectator of the
paraae was iueen iNina. Ana Ilttlngly
did the charming little monarch re
view, her subjects. Once or twir.
though the majesty of the throne had
a tussle with tha gleefulness of the
happy playmate, and at least once
royal dignity fled when a chum was
pl.w "a wars ciapped in giea
Qxieea Vina downed
v ThJf WT. Nina came into
her kingdom, when she held levee and
wittilH he. eoitrt P honor eh. eeejvea
tae allegiance - of th ma m .
. ...
''Sunny South" by the band;
f the Flag," J. E. Werlein,
rtland lodge; altar service.
parad seeing and are acting as boat-
esses. A nonday lunch is being served
from home made cookery contributed
by the members, only cost price be
ing charged, and the proceeds to go
into the chureh relief fund.
With XOae of Karen
Terming at Poarteeata and
TaaOOU streets, moving te Xor-
rtaom aad theace eaat ea iCor.
risen to .Broadway: aorta on
Broadway to me: east oa rise
te Third i soata oa Third to AU
Aeri west on AJae to Sixth i
sonta oa atsth to Mala asd dls-
parse.
chairman: Luclle B. Danforth, Roy W.
Edwards, Dr. J. Francis Drake and A,
L. Barbur.
Bonrise Oaa Will Ope Say
The day's program opens with a
sunrise ?un at 7 o'clock ln the morn
ing at the Festival Center, followed
by raiding the flag and a national
salute by tho Oregon field artillery de
tachment, battery A, on duty at Fes
tival Center.
At 10 c'clock the Portland central
tennis chompionshlp tournament opens
on the Irvington courts, and at the
same hovr the Honor Guards meet at
the Mu'tT.omah hotel. The Honor
Guards lunch at IS o'clock.
From 11 c'clock ln the morning until
Counoil Session Is v
Called to Order, but"
Adjourns in Minute
! 11 o'clock at night, the Festival Cen
ter is to l.e open for floral display. At
5:30 o'clock in the Festival Center flag
lowering ceremonies will be held.
Graduated From Boston Trek.
Joyce R. Kelly, a Portland boy, was
graduated Tuesday from the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology with
the degree of Bachelor of Science. The
title of his graduation thesis was "A
Determination of the Electrical Re-
tles Thursday, the second day of the sistanee ef the Concrete Floors of the
While there are to be many actlvl-
Rose Festival, the most Inspiring event
of the (ay Is expected to be the
glgantlo petriotlo parade, beginning at
I o'ciocg ln the afternoon.
The Rose Festival committee, real
ising the impertance of a patriotic
New Buildings of Technology
He was graduated from Reed college
In 1115, being an assistant In the de
partment of physics while there. He
is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Richmond
Kelly of 1051 Gladstone avenue.
,
Will H. Daly, commissioner
of publre utilities, took his seat
in th mayor's place at the
head of the city council's table
ln the city hall this morning.
Ths hour was 10 and the c-ccas-
ion the regular Wednesday
council meeting.
Across the table from him sat
Slgel Grutse, the council s read- 0
ing clerk and Mu-.h Koslyn
Joseph, clerk. Tho oil er chairs
were vacant. Tlio mirrshlne
filled-the room an.l Serseant-
it-Armi Fonea nervously
waited, for the council to be-
gin.
"Council will come to order,"
said Commissioner Daly, rap-
ping with the gavel on the top
of th mahogany table.
"The clerk will call the roll."
he continued.
Grutse looked up and began.
"Mayor, Baker, Uigtlow. Italy
and Dleck."
Silence greeted all names but
Daly.
"Council's adjourned until S
o'clock.
The machinery came toasud-
den stop and thus ended the
shortest council 'meeting in the
history of commission govern-
ment in Portland. Jt lasted "
less than s minute. t
Owing to the absence of
Mayor i Albee, Daly was ehair-
man of the meeting. The mayor
and Commissioners Blgelow and
Baker were viewing the chil
dren's parade. Commissioner
Dleck was out ef theaity.
9
"American Re-
t
Thomas Scales, 601 Allegheny
street, St. Johns, Tuesday
thought it was about time to
fumigate his chicken coop.
Mr. Scales got busy, chased
out the chickens, washed and
scrubbed the floors and lighted
the fumfgatprs. At the end of
the day the chicken coop was a
home fit for prize chickens.
The chickens, went back to
their home, rejoicing Jn its
cleanliness. Tho evening hours
passed. , Strange noises wera
heard aiabqut fl:30 o'clock and
Mr. Scales woke up to find the
chicken co-op In flames.
After the fire was ex
tinguished about a dzen of the
chickens were found, roasted
to death.
Moral: Extinquish the fumi
gator flames aqd see thai all
sparks are gone before putting
the chickens to bed, says the
fire bureau.
French Troop Ship
Sunkj Many Drown
Paris, June 13. (I. N. S.) The
French steamship Sequana, carrying
Senegalese troops, has been sunk by
a German submarine with a loss of
180 lives, according to Information re
ceived here today.
The Seauana was attacked in the
Atlantic and was sent down with a
torpedo. There were 600 Senegalese
on board at the time.
Some of the missing are Senegalese
troops. The Sequana was formerly the
City of Corinth.
The fact that there were soldiers on
the Sequana indicates that she was
being used by the French government
as a troop ship. The vessel was built
in lsss tor ths South Atlantic Naviga
tion company and displaced 6567 tona
he hailed from Bordeaux.
Attempt to Kidnap
Girl Is Frustrated
Muncle. Ind.. June 18. (I. V. p.)
An attempt to kidnap two-year-old
Lydia Oesterle. daughtec of the vice
president of the Delaware National
bank, was frustrated today by
Mrs. Dora Guild, the child's nurse,
A man was making his way out of the
house with the child when Mm. Guild
saw him and ran through the house
creaming. The roan put the child
down, leaped out of the library window
and fled in an automobile, Karl
Oesterle, the father, offered a reward
for the capture of the would-be
kidnapar,
Milton Strawberry
Tl i i tt rt
restivai is success
Parade Is reatare-Patrletirm Keyaots
pf celebration a in aire jjrtu
Tlaffi f Allied yatloas) Trnfurled.
Milton, Or., June 18. The bi event
of the season here. Milton's annual
Strawberry day, was observed Tues
day, under the auspleea of the Red
Cross society. At an early hour many
visiters tamo from Walla Walla, the
interur&vi cars being crowded, Pn-
oleton and ether Umatilla tcvns were
well represented, aad from- ths sur
rounding country the pleasure, seekers
came in nvrabera It is estimated
that between 4080 and f 081 weft pres
ent. . . .
The morning eeremonies consisted of
a parade led by ths Twin City brass
I band and floats. . Ths Girls' Honor
War Budget Ready
For Wilson to Sign
Washington, June 18. (I. N. S.)
The senate this afternoon agreed to
tb.e eonferenee report on the $S,S40.-
OQO.oOQ army and navy war budget
without a roll call or dissenting voice.
The measure now goes to the presi
dent for his signature. ,
The bill appropriates lt5O,Q0e,O0f for
immediate use in the construction of
a merchant shipping fleet to overcome
the submarine menace, ond authorises
an aaaiuonai expenauure or i860.
000.800 for the same purpose. In
eluded In the army and navy appronrl.
atlons is a provision for f 4.000.000 for
aviation.
Bernard Named as Manaeey.
Kansas City. Mo., June 13. (I. K,
S.) A P- Bernardl. western -superintendent
ef the Missouri Pacific, with
headquarters in this city, has been ap.
pointed -by w, x. Kemper, receiver, te
manage tnevrteni railroad .
Church Welcomes
Festival Visitors
Tp welcome strangers to the city,
five then a place to rest and supply
nourishment , ax a substantial nature.
the Unitarian church, at Yamhill
street and Broadway, has been thrown
open to - tho public during; the days;
pf the festival. The - women of the
chgrch. have foregone tho pleasures of
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